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vndc colligcrc liccr, AEthyopicum Cuminum nigerrimum c(Te. Eft au- 

 tem quardam pufilla,que_ in afperis apricis nafcitur inter faxa : paucis fo 

 liolis, rarioribus capillis , fnbcandidis : cauliculo exili, non vltra duo* 

 dodrantes : ramis tenuiffimis inftar filamenti ; quibus Hofculi candidi , 

 ceuflocciarefcetesin fparfis vmbellis : femenin AutumnofiguraApij, 

 cxilius , nigrum , & aromaticum > acre : radix fubrotunda in trcs , aut 

 quatuor ramulos diuifa: fapore acri, & amaro . Quidam Saxifragani 

 vocant : Arbitror Cuminum AEthyopicum dici . 



C A P. X V r. 



DAvcvm Creticum femeneftexCretanuperallatum,longiuf, 

 & anguftius F^niculo,candicas,lanuginofum, acre,odoratumj 

 fed eius plantam adhuc viderc non licuit.defcribit autem Dio- 

 fcoridesinhuncmodum : Daucum aliqui Daucium vocant : Gencra 

 cius tria : CretiCum foliis F^niculo fimile, minoribus , & tcnuioribus : 

 caulcdodrantali : vmbellaCoriandri : florealbo : femincacri, candi- 

 do, hirfuto,fuauiflimiodorisin mandendo : radixdigiti craftitudine, 

 & dodrantis longitudine adolefcit : nafcitur in faxofis,& i fole illuftra- 

 tis. Plinius, deeodem inquit, probatiflimum in Creta, mox in Achaia, 

 & in ficcis vbicumque natum, F^niculi fimilitudine : candidioribus fo 

 Jiis, & minoribus,hirfutifque : caule pedali,recT:o : radice fuauiffimi gu 

 ftus,& odoris ; Hoc genus in faxofis nafcitur meridianis,apud nos in col 

 libus faxofis,nafcitur herba F^niculo fimillima,breuior,candida ; ramis 

 in latera tendentibus : flore candido : feminc far£fco,breui, vulgo Fendo 

 faxura vocant : vtuntur pro Saxifraga . 



C A P X V II. 



DAvcvm montanumapudnos in AlpibusnafcirurjfemineaJio 

 quiCreticofimile, fed nequaquam lanuginofum,acre, & valdc 

 odoratum : eiusplanta foliis conftatnon capillaribus,vtFa?ni- 

 culi, fcd fpecieStaphylini longopediculoin adnexufoliofo, praedura 

 ha?c, & odorata : caulis ftriatus , cubitalis , reperitur breuior, non vltra 

 dodrantem : Vmbel!a?clauduntur>vtStaphylini : radixfingularis, in 

 alrum defccndens,vtPaftinacJB : DiofcoridesintergeneraDauci,fecun- 

 cio locodcfcribit in hunc modum : sylueftri Apio fimileeft,ideft Oreo- 

 fclino,acre, odoratum,aromata olens,feruentis guftus , probatiffimurn 

 Crcticum. Plinius tertio loco rccenfet inquicns : cft fimilc Staphilino 

 sylucftri : femincoblongo : radicc dulci • 



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